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Walcott, Ortiz, Bratt earn Texas League honors

Walcott takes home Top MLB Prospect in Texas League to highlight awards
By Zach Bigley
September 23, 2025

FRISCO, Texas (September 23, 2025) – Frisco RoughRiders Sebastian Walcott, Abimelec Ortiz and Mitch Bratt were named in Texas League Postseason Honors, Minor League Baseball announced on Tuesday. Walcott, the Rangers No. 1 prospect and the No. 4 prospect overall by MLB.com, was named the Top MLB Prospect in the

FRISCO, Texas (September 23, 2025) – Frisco RoughRiders Sebastian Walcott, Abimelec Ortiz and Mitch Bratt were named in Texas League Postseason Honors, Minor League Baseball announced on Tuesday.

Walcott, the Rangers No. 1 prospect and the No. 4 prospect overall by MLB.com, was named the Top MLB Prospect in the Texas League. The infielder put together one of the best seasons ever by a Texas League teenager, becoming the first Texas League teenager since Roberto Alomar in 1987 to hit double-digit home runs and steal 30 or more bases in the same season, homering 13 times with 32 stolen bases. Wacott hit .255/.355/.386/.741 with a career-best in home runs, walks, RBIs, steals and hits. He finished the season batting .391/.481/.500/.981 in 12 September games.

Ortiz was named as the Texas League All-Star at first base, hitting .247/.343/.444/.787 with 16 home runs and 56 RBIs in 89 games before his promotion to Triple-A Round Rock. His 34 total home runs with the RoughRiders in his two seasons are the fifth-most in franchise history. He finished the season with Round Rock, slashing .283/.388/.565/.953 with nine home runs and 33 RBIs over 41 games. Ortiz is the No. 18 prospect in the Rangers organization by MLB.com.

Bratt was named a Postseason All-Star as a starting pitcher. The lefty was involved in the midseason trade with the Diamondbacks that brought Merrill Kelly to Texas. Overall, between Frisco and Amarillo, the Canadian went 7-4 with a 3.38 ERA. He led all Texas League pitchers in strikeout rate (29.3 percent) and walk rate (4.2 percent) while his 3.38 ERA ranked fourth in the league. His strikeout-to-walk-rate ratio of 25.9 percent was the best in all of Minor League Baseball. Among those who threw at least 120 innings, Bratt's left-on-base rate of 80.5 percent was third in MiLB.

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About the RoughRiders

The Frisco RoughRiders are the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers and the 2022 Texas League champions. In 2023, the team celebrated its 20th anniversary and has consistently finished in the top five among all Double-A franchises in attendance yearly. In August 2014, the RoughRiders were purchased by an ownership group led by Chuck Greenberg. Since then, the ownership group, together with the City of Frisco, has spearheaded numerous major franchise enhancements, investing over $8 million in a wide array of facility upgrades and improvements, including a state-of-the-art HD video board, sound system, Bull Moose Saloon, Bullpen Bar, Riders Outpost Team Store and the world's largest water feature in a sports facility, the massive Lazy River. These enhancements earned the Riders and the City of Frisco Ballpark Digest's prestigious "Best Ballpark Renovation" award for two consecutive years (2015 and 2016). More than 210 former RoughRiders players have gone on to play Major League Baseball including current Rangers Josh Jung, Evan Carter and Wyatt Langford. For more information on the Frisco RoughRiders, please visit RidersBaseball.com or contact [email protected].